Stalk-chopper attachment.



No. 648,570. Patented May I, I900. S. W. NIX.

STALK CHOPPER ATTACHMENT.

' (Application flied Aug. 19, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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NITED STATES PATENT SPENCER W. NIX, OF GREENVILLE, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO CHARLES H. BEAUOHAMP, JR, OF DALLAS, TEXAS.

STALK-CHOPPER ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 648,570, dated May 1, 1900.

Application filed August 19, 1899.

Serial No. 727,833. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern: accommodating a variation in the elevation Be it known that I, SPENCER W. NIX, a citi of the said bars, and near their lower termizen of the United States, residing at Greennals the suspending-bars have twists 8 thereville,in the county of Hunt and State of Texas, in, which form bearing ends 9 to receive the have invented a new and useful Stalk-Ohopopposite extremities of an axle 10, on which per Attachment, of which the following is a is rotatably mounted achopper 11. The said specification. chopper comprises opposite end spiders 12, to

This invention relates to stalk-chopper atwhich the blades 13 are secured and to hold tachments for plows, cultivators generally, the said chopper against endwise movement re and wheeled vehicles; and one object of the on the axle 10. Space-collars 14 surround the same is to provide a rotating stalk-chopper said axle between the outer faces of the said adapted to be applied to any device to which spiders and the inner lower portions of the it may be fitted and efficiently operate to chop said suspending-bars. Over the opposite exstalks or other growth, adjustable features tremities of the axle 10 the rear lower termi- I 5 being present therein to accommodate a varynals 15 of brace-arms 16 are removably fitted ing elevation relatively to the support thereand the parts at this point held in separable for, the parts being simple and eifective in relation by means of cotter-pins or analogous their construction and arrangement, strong devices 16. The arms 16 converge from the a durable, and easi y app i d in ng rearlower ends 15 thereof, which are straight,

20 position. to adjustable attaching ends 17, which are Other objects and advantages will appear in normally elevated and in advance of the chopthe subjoined description and be pointed out per. The attaching ends 17 are also straight in the claims, and the preferred embodiment and have a plurality of openings 18 therein of the invention is illustrated in the accomto receive a retaining-bolt 19, the said attach-- 25 panying drawings, wherein corresponding ing ends being applied to the opposite sides characters of reference are used to indicate of the .draft-bar or analogous device 2 and similar parts, and in which shiftable to compensate for the adjustment Figure 1 is a perspective view of a stalkof the suspending-bars 3. The arms 16 and chopper attachment embodying the features the bars 3 are preferably made of strap metal 0 of the invention. Fig. 2 is a detail perspecof a strong and durable quality and which tive view of parts of the improved attachment. can be easily bent to obtain the desired shape, Fig. 3 is a sectional end elevation of the imand the operation of the chopper is similar proved attachment shown arranged for apto other devices of alike character and whereplication to a plow-beam. in blades roll over a surface on which is a' 35 The numeral 1 designates a beam or bar rank growth or stalks that are required to be which may be the axle-beam of a vehicle or chopped or cut to facilitate cultivation of the the axle itself or a part of the frame of a culsoil or clearing of certain tracts of an undertivator or other device having means in congrowth and prepare such tracts for after nection therewith for transporting it over the treatment.

0 ground. To the said bar 1 a draft-bar 2 is As previouslyindicated, the improvedchop connected and may serve as the tongue of a per attachment is intended for a general apvehicle or of a cultivator or other device. plication, and. at times it may be necessary to Depending from the bar 1 are opposite suselevate the rotating chopper from the ground pending-bars 3, which are vertically adjustto clear it from surface contact or when ini- 45 able and held by angle-clips 4, surrounding tially applying the same to compensate for the said beam or bar 1 and connected to the various heights of frames. bars 3 by removable bolts 5, preferably se- In Fig. 3 the improved attachment is shown cured in position by means of nuts 6 on screwarranged for application to a plow-beam 18 threaded ends thereof. The suspending-bars the arms 16 being dispensed with in this in- 50 3 have a plurality of openings 7 therein for stance and the suspending-bars 3 replaced by I and the positionof the attachment onIfthej" beam is in advance of the plow proper. Aside from the difierences noted the construction and arrangement of the device illustratedby Fig. 3 is the same as that shown by Fig. 1.

The improved attachment is .very advantageous in its use in view of its ready-appli= cation and will eifectivelyserv'e to'chopithe stalks or other growths over which it travels. To accommodate various applications it may -be necessary at times to change thepropor tions,size, and minor detailsof construction,- 20- andsuch'changes will be made within the;

scope and without sacrificing any of theiadvantages of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- 1. In a device of the character set forth, the

combination of an axle, a chopper rotatably mounted thereon, suspending-bars having in termediate bends to position their lowerends;

.flat against the .opposite ends of the axle to 0 receive the latter, the upper parts of the said bars having a plurality of openings therein,

a support for the said bars, and fastening devices. arranged relatively tothe said support andbars.

2. In a device of'the character set forth, the 3 5 combination of a support, a pair of suspending-bars adjustably connected thereto, an axle journaled in the lower terminals of the said bars, a choppermotatably-mounted .onsaid I'axle,an'd armsi arranged at an angle of inclination and having their rear lower ends connected to thelopposite ends of the axle and the front upper extremities adj ustably attaohed to a part of the said support.

3., In ,a device of the character set. forth, the "combination ofasupport, a pair of suspending-bars having a plurality of openings in the upper portions thereof, clips applied to the said support and'detachably'connected to the suspending bars, anaxle rotatably mounted so -inthe lower terminals .ofsaid-bars a chopper rotatably mounted on' the ,said axle; and a .pair of arms rearwa'rdly divergent and-attached to the axle,:the front-extremities of the arms being straight and formed with a 55 plurality of openings for adjustable application to a part of the-said support. v In testimony thatlclaim the foregoing as my own I-have hereto afiixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

SPENCER W. NIX.

IVitnessesi (1. H. BEAUCHAMP, S12, J. H. PATTERSON. 

